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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters?

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters?
Date	2015-10-09 15:45 -0700
Message-ID	<D23D9193.5FBC3%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
References	(17 earlier) <091020151626479847%YourName@YourISP.com> <D23C8A80.5F9D1%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <091020150151061184%nospam@nospam.invalid> <561804c3$0$31340$c3e8da3$dd9697d2@news.astraweb.com> <101020151043266356%YourName@YourISP.com>

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On 10/9/15, 2:43 PM, in article 101020151043266356%YourName@YourISP.com,
"Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> In article <561804c3$0$31340$c3e8da3$dd9697d2@news.astraweb.com>, JF
> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>> On 2015-10-09 01:51, nospam wrote:
>>> 
>>> how many shattered trackpads are there? zero.
>> 
>> That is because in the past, people took their frustrations out by
>> smashing the CRT or throwing it out the window.
>> 
>> Now, when they computer isn't doing what they want it to do, they will
>> take out their frustration by pressing harder and harder on the trackpad
>> till it breaks.
>> 
>> (a bit like american tourists in foreign location who think that
>> speaking english louder and louder will magically make the person
>> understand english.
>> 
>> :-) ;-)
> 
> What the numbnuts failed to understand (as usual since they have zero
> reading comprehension skills and zero intelligence) is that I said
> "*glass*". I purposely said "glass" because people have learnt to be
> cautious pressing on *glass* too heavily because it does break ... the
> iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch display is covered in glass, so hence there
> is still that in-built caution to not press too heavily on them.

OK, *one* example of iPhone glass breaking because someone pressed on it too
hard with any intention OTHER than to stress test it and break it.

We are not talking microscope slides here!


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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 18:02 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-09 16:26 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 21:02 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-09 01:51 -0400
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-10 10:43 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-09 17:47 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-10 00:00 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-09 15:45 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-09 18:50 -0400
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-10 10:29 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-09 15:46 -0700
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-07 23:00 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 21:01 -0700
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 21:02 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 00:13 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 08:56 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 12:19 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 11:06 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 14:11 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 11:22 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-08 18:23 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 14:31 -0400
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-08 22:18 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 20:25 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 11:09 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 14:06 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 11:21 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 15:06 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 17:10 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-07 15:31 -0500
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 11:53 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-07 14:22 -0500
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